The shadow of El Centro : a history of migrant incarceration and solidarity

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Title
"The shadow of El Centro : a history of migrant incarceration and solidarity"
Statement of Responsibility
Jessica Ordaz
Publisher
  • University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year
  • c2021
Book size
24 cm
Series Name / No
  • : pbk

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Summary: "The city of El Centro is located in southern California's Imperial Valley, near the US-Mexico border. Surrounded by desert, sand dunes, and mountains, it is isolated and difficult to reach, but has long been an important place for Mexican migrants attracted to the valley's agricultural economy and proximity to the border. The Shadow of El Centro tells the story of how the El Centro Immigration Detention Camp of 1945 evolved into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Service Processing Center of the 2000s and became a national model for detaining migrants-a place where the policing of migration, the racialization of labor, and detainee resistance coalesced"--Provided by publisher

Bibliography: p. 153-167

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